Income Gap News

Jason Furman , the chairman of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers. The report concludes that if the productivity, incomegap and labor participation trend lines that were evident before 1973 had continued, a typical household would have nearly

nominees among those who think it's a problem, but not a major one. She trails only among those who don't think the incomegap is a problem - just 16 percent of registered voters. Women favor Clinton by 20- to 24-point margins, men by non-significant

Americans. Substantially fewer, 38 percent, the say recovery has helped all income groups. A vast 83 percent say the incomegap between wealthy Americans and others is a problem for the country; 51 percent call it a major problem. A possible theme

Matt Viser: " Obama Vows Executive Steps To Narrow Economic Gap " President Obama lamented on Tuesday night the growing incomegap and deep economic anxiety lingering across the country, saying he is prepared to take a series of executive actions

inequality. Scott Stringer, the city's new comptroller, said the 52-year-old Mr. de Blasio would tackle the incomegap "in a way that hasn't been a priority since Lyndon Johnson's war on poverty." LINK The New York Daily News' Jennifer

do 61 percent of all nonwhites, vs. 38 percent of whites. In an example of the impacts of the country's growing incomegap , 58 percent of those with household incomes of more than $100,000 say that from their perspective the economy has

some of the charter schools that are actually failing new york city children. We could be talking about this massive incomegap in new york city. We could be talking about the damage from sandy and the damage from irene, all those -- actually

nets are scarce. The top countries are in Scandinavia, where universal healthcare is a reality and there is less of an incomegap . The United States has the highest first-day death rate in the industrialized world. More than 11,000 babies in

Inequality between rich and poor has increased in 45 states and the District of Columbia, according to a new report. A report by Center on Budget and Policy Priorities took data from recent periods of economic growth before the Great Recession and found that income gains were not shared equally.

means women spend more of their reproductive lives in need of birth control than in generations past. "The widening incomegap in unintended pregnancies and births reflect underlying disparities in health care in general, which in turn reflect

guys out there that don't find it. Steve get out front of its audience early. all the research is proving that the incomegap is closing between men and women. And in fact there was an article recently in time magazine that pointed out that women

actually very well done by steve, get out in front of this audience early. No, I mean all the research has proven the incomegap is closing between men and women and, in fact, an article in "time" magazine that pointed out WOMEN IN THEIR 20s

do about, or to, the 1% , I would like to focus on an issue involving the 90%. This isn't about the wealth or incomegap . It's about the credit gap. It's driving the Fed crazy and stifling the economy. Here's the problem. Right

an achievement of the American dream) or a negative (a result of advantages others don't have). There's a big incomegap on this question. Among people with household incomes less than $100,000 a year, just 38 percent see Romney's

officials have moved to oust Occupy protesters as they demonstrate against corporate wealth, the nation's growing incomegap and what they view as assorted other social, economic and political disparities and corruptions. Menino said the encampment

management unit after its fall in 2008, Dow Jones reported. While the rich get richer and poor get poorer, the widening incomegap may also be boosting wealth advisory businesses. The age-based wealth gap skyrocketed 47:1 in 2009 compared to 10

10 Democrats and 65 percent of independents think the incomegap is larger than it’s been, compared with 45 percent ..... higher-income Americans are more likely to think the incomegap is wider now than in the past – but less likely to think

the deficit under control. But it's sort of shifting, as you know now, to the whole big disparity in income, the incomegap , the income inequality that people are talking about. Latest reports say that something like 1 in 15 Americans live

cuts getting the deficit under control. But sort of shifting as you know now to the whole. disparity in income the incomegap the income inequality that people are talking about. Latest reports say that something that one in fifteen Americans

this thing is going to die. I'll keep donating as long as they're out there." Mr. Fireman cites the widening incomegap as his reason for donation. "These CEOs are making more in one day than their workers make all year, and that just

meteorologist in his school volunteer Naomi have to and their kids in retirement And because. We the CBO study says this incomegap . He's partially the result of big time salaries and bonuses rising since 1979. In taxes on the falling the economic

R-Iowa. Weigh In: How Do You Think We Can Address the IncomeGap Issue in America? The CBO said the reasons for the rapid ..... he said. "Americans always say they don't like the incomegap , but they didn't mind the gap. But they just don't

our autonomy. And when we consider the fact that we have some fourteen million Americans that are out of work. The incomegap between the very wealthy and everyone else continues to widen. And the poverty rate is increasing its desperate that

money primary. Even before the official numbers are out, it’s already becoming clear that there’s a widening “ income ” gap among several of the contenders vying for the Republican nomination. And while a less-than-stellar fundraising

receive. Out and Equal co-sponsored with Google this week a seminar for human resource professionals to close the incomegap and bring equity in pay. Moran is also director of Merrill Lynch's nationwide LGBT Financial Services team, the first

families could not amass any meaningful wealth to bequeath to future generations. That history helps explain the wealth and incomegap between black and white, and the concentrated pockets of poverty that persists in so many of today's urban and rural

that in the budget as well see you're not integrated into the check out. To pull over but that that those interest incomegap and I this year is counting everyone not to buy items found it possible I really it's just alarming how many people

elders to be pessimistic about the system and how well it works, 28 percent compared with 18 percent. There's an incomegap as well, perhaps reflecting differences between those who have and haven't achieved relative prosperity. The share

LINK The Washington Post’s Lori Montgomery: “ In push to let Bush tax cuts expire, Democrats to focus on narrowing incomegap ” For months, President Obama has stressed the budgetary rewards of eliminating tax breaks for the wealthy. But many

Bloomberg’s Rebecca Christie: “ Obama's Tax Pitch: IncomeGap That Millionaires Should Fill ” President Barack Obama ..... argument against the bush-era tax cuts to make the incomegap as much a voter concern as the budget gap. LINK IMMIGRATION

become a fairer society and of the government's commitment to improve education and healthcare while narrowing the incomegap . "We will not only make the 'pie' of social wealth bigger by developing the economy, but also distribute it well